June 9th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Comedy Central is bringing back Futurama with a 26 episode order set to run over two seasons. Futurama creators Matt Groening and David Cohen already are working on stories for the new episodes of the sci-fi cartoon, slated to premiere in mid-2010. Just like with Family Guy, whose return was triggered by DVD sales and solid ratings for the show’s reruns on Cartoon Network, the performance of Futurama’s repeats DVD sales was key to its resurrection.
The order from Comedy Central was preceded by four original specials: Bender’s Big Score, The Beast With a Billion Backs, Bender’s Game and Into the Wild Green Yonder, which have done well on DVD and on Comedy Central. Into the Wild Green Yonder, premieres on Comedy Central in September. Comedy Central was happy with the specials and with the 72 produced episodes it acquired from 20th Century Fox TV in 2006.
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April 23rd, 2009 | 0 Comments
Ron White has signed a deal with Comedy Central for his own show. Comedy Central has handed out a pilot presentation order to The Ron White Show, a half-hour program designed to showcase the blue-collar comedian’s opinionated persona. On the show, which will feature branded segments, remotes and story telling, White will look at stories nationwide, focusing on the heartland, through his everyman perspective.
White created the show with Eddie Feldmann. The two are executive producing with White’s manager, John MacDonald, and with Michael Pelmont, Brian Volkweiss and Barry Katz.
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March 11th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Comedy Central will give a multiplatform push to Dane Cook’s latest standup special. The network has secured rights to the comic’s upcoming Isolated Incident special, taped at the Hollywood Laugh Factory, to air May 17 at 10 pm A subsequent CD release is slated for May 19, with a DVD release targeted for summer or fall. Cook’s previous audio releases through Comedy Central have sold briskly, with Harmful If Swallowed certified platinum, Retaliation double platinum and Rough Around the Edges gold.
March 10th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Welcome to TV On DVD. This week’s releases include the second season of Caroline in the City, the fifth season of Family Ties, the fourth season of The Girls Next Door and the twelfth season of South Park on DVD and Blu-Ray. You can pick up all of this week’s releases and more at The TV Remote’s TV Show Shop.
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March 4th, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Sarah Silverman Program will return to Comedy Central for a third season. The cable network announced that it’s ordered 10 new episodes of the comedy series, with Logo stepping in to co-finance the show. The renewal was put in question when its executive producers balked at budget cuts mandated by parent company Viacom.
However, negotiation of a shared window with Logo, which targets lesbian and gay viewers, made up the budgetary difference and allowed the show to resume in the lifestyle to which it had become accustomed. Logo has previously run Comedy Central programming, including animated series Drawn Together. The pair have never before entered into such a cost-sharing relationship, however.
February 18th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Comedy Central has greenlit a new half-hour comedy Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter. Michael and Michael Have Issues casts the pair as hosts of their own TV sketch show who intersperse their own behind-the-scenes cinema verite drama in between the comic bits they perform. Comedy Central has ordered seven episodes of the series and plans to premiere it in July. Black and Showalter will also executive produce the show along with Jim Biederman. Lou Wallach.
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